Indonesia: October 19, 2001

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Some 10,000 Moslems demonstrated in the capital against US operations in Afghanistan. Islamic radicals are calling for cutting ties with the US, but the government says that unrest has already driven many foreign companies from the nation and that the US is the second largest investor in Indonesia. The unrest over the last two years has done serious damage to the economy. In Aceh, five more bodies were found, all showing signs of torture. 

 

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